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The book, Jet Fighters & Bombers, traces the development of jet aircraft from the World War II era, up through the Korean War, Vietnam War and the many Middle East conflicts. Aircraft as different as the German Me 262, the American F-86 Sabre, Russian MiG 15 / MiG 21, French Mirage III and the American B-52 are covered with narrative, illustrations and color and black and white photographs. The many sections of this book include: 1) Jet Fighters: The First Steps; 2) Wartime developments: Too Fast To Fight; 3) Postwar Developments: The Sweep Towards Mach 1; 4) War In Korea: The First Jet Fighter Aces; 5) Deadend Developments; 6) The Sixties: Lessons From Small Wars: 7) The Present: Soaring Cost And Complexity; 8) The Future: Where Do We Go From Here; 9) Ejector Seats; 10) Fighter Armament: Choose Your Weapons; 11) Jet Bombers: The Starting Place; 12) Postwar Developments: The Class of '47; 13) Boeing B-47 Stratojet: In A Class By Itself; 14) Europe Joins In: Light Twins and Losers: 15) New Programmes: Two New, Two For Insurance; 16) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress: Heavyweight Warrior; 17) End Of An Era: The Last Subsonic Bombers: 18) New Technology: The Supersonic Generation; 19) Attack Bombers and 20) Bomb Loads: Plutonium To Iran. This book includes the following: 1) 91 black and white vintage photographs; 2) 11 color photographs; 3) Many color aircraft illustrations and 4) Numerous color aircraft and weaponry cut-away illustrations. This book is 127 pages and is in very good condition. The author is David A. Anderton with John Batchelor (illustrations). Edition published in 1976.